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Looking really good but I’m starting to feel like a slouch when it comes to my projects.

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Don't feel that way, sometimes I wish I had taken a different approach on this one. It's fun to build but at times very nerve wracking because everything has it's place and time to be constructed other wise mistakes can pile up.

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For the ATHS and Big Mack gents and ladies that visited Tony Champion's museum 2015, here is Seduce.

It is not easy to pick the 2 subtle modifications, being the B75 hood was extended about 6 inches and the cab was raised about 4 inches, so there is a slight fall from the fire wall to the alloy radiator top. And below the doors the cab was also extended about 3 inches.

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For the ATHS and Big Mack gents and ladies that visited Tony Champion's museum 2015, here is Seduce.

It is not easy to pick the 2 subtle modifications, being the B75 hood was extended about 6 inches and the cab was raised about 4 inches, so there is a slight fall from the fire wall to the alloy radiator top. And below the doors the cab was also extended about 3 inches.

Very nice truck. I’m guessing the V8 is a swap in? I think I learned after talking to AZ on here that the B75 with a factory V8 had B755 on the badges in the hood but I could be wrong.

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Have a look at Ian Lee facebook page and also have a look at his Tylden Heritage web site, it has his life story.

Tony did not take Seduce to the 2015 Alice truck show, it was parked outside his museum the days you guys visited his museum, I remember it was outside the day we had the dinner in Tony's big open shed.

Unfortunately the angle that I took the photo, does not properly show the cab lift and hood extension.

Yes the extension and cab lift are real, purposely the modifications were made so that they are not obvious. Compare the depth of the metal panel below door sills of the blue B75 and Seduce, that is a how the lift is disguised, it has been modified to make it look completely original. The large air cleaner also covers up the extension.

The original B75 cab sits low on the frame same as the B61 cab, both have the same low cross member under the back of the cab. Seduce has a custom made raised cross member similar to the B615. Picture of Seduce's rear of cab cross member is below. Again photo angle is not fully showing the cab lift.

The V8 Mack is an 866 and a swap in, has power steering and air con in both cabins

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Brocky, yes we did speak at Tony's dinner, a wonderful celebration provided to us by Tony and his family. And yes we also spoke at Ian's place, when you looked at our Kermit, the name Ian gave our custom green B75

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The colour is easy on the eye, should not fade and excellent finish, congratulations to you and painter. Are you going to fit original grab handles and original clearance/marker lights? We had 5 original Mack clearance lights, made about 1956. When we re-chromed the frames we found the frames were brass, the original lens were glass, that had not faded, needed a gentle clean, like new. We replaced the globes with LEDs bayonet globes, work perfectly.